Nicole Cabell

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Nicole Cabell (born October 17, 1977), is an American opera singer. She is presently best known as the 2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Cabell was born in Panorama City, California. Her grandfather, Luther Lanier, was the first African American Chief in the Sheriff's Department in Los Angeles. She is of African American, Korean and Caucasian ancestry, and was brought up in the California beach town of Ventura. As a child, she did not listen to classical music, but she did play the flute in her junior high school band. She and a classmate used to play basketball together and would "imitate opera singers". Her mother encouraged her to join the school choir and she tried out for a school musical and was a success After winning the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in June 2005, Cabell made her London début on August 2, 2006 at The Proms, singing Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations, with Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She made her Royal Opera House début at the Barbican as Princesse Eudoxie in a concert performance of Halévy's La Juive, on September 19, 2006, conducted by Daniel Oren. She also sang the role of Adina in L'elisir d'amore in Montpellier. She was planning to make her debut at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in mid-December 2006, but due to the last-minute indisposition of soprano Angela Gheorghiu, Cabell was asked to step in, and her debut took place somewhat earlier - on 7 December - as Juliette in Gouno

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Soprano

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Puccini: La Bohème

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Walker & Dawson: Orchestral Works (Live)

Sisters in Song

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Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Original 1935 Production Version

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Chanson d'avril

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Diva

Divos & Divas

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The No. 1 Opera Album 2007

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Klara's Aria Top 20

Mademoiselle: Première audience – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

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Soprano (Bonus Track)

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